Coming Alive

In this episode, we are going to have a mindful eating meditation exercise. In which this exercise encourages heightened awareness of your experience with just a simple bite. Since we don't often eat in the slow and mindful way, this practice is a powerful application of mindfulness that will help us to appreciate the experience of eating more enjoyable. Mindful eating can lead to an important insight such as the pleasures of life, the food, and the whole journey of eating. When you eat, just eat. When you drink, just drink. And be mindful of the process. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROBKO3XzupIacRJL53zuA Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/4o96xmm3 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/coming-alive-8jyKBp Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/comin

Most of the time you are surrounded by a whole range of environmental noises and most of them barely register in our  awareness. It is time to give yourself some minutes to ruminate just simply by listening. In this episode,  I will be guiding you to a  mindful listening exercise that will help you to come to a better understanding of what mindfulness actually is, and  help you to experience mindfulness right here and now. All you have to do is to LISTEN. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROBKO3XzupIacRJL53zuA Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/4o96xmm3 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/coming-alive-8jyKBp Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/coming-alive-1

Let us practice this most basic mindfulness exercise yet the most powerful one with just three breaths.  For us to reconnect ourselves to our senses and our body, for us to appreciate the most fundamental aspect of life- breathing. With this mindfulness exercise, I am hoping that it will help you manage your thoughts, your moods, and your experiences of the day. And to build embodied awareness, a sense of confidence, and also kindness for our self and others. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROBKO3XzupIacRJL53zuA Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/4o96xmm3 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/coming-alive-8jyKBp Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/coming-alive-1

Mindfulness and meditation are two different concepts that we often interchangeably used in our everyday times in this pandemic colloquialism. And in this episode we are going to have a closer look both on meditation and mindfulness. I am going to publish 20 episodes of mindfulness practices for us to be fully engaged in the here and now. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROBKO3XzupIacRJL53zuA Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/4o96xmm3 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/coming-alive-8jyKBp Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/comin

As we are celebrating Coming Alive's First Year Anniversary and it's season's finale, I would like to personally thank all the listeners  for gettn through this wild and crazy year with me. And thank you for letting me to be a part of this journey.  See you all  at next season.  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROBKO3XzupIacRJL53zuA Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/4o96xmm3 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/coming-alive-8jyKBp Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/coming-alive-1

This outbreak of the pandemic and the subsequent containment measured have taken a toll on our mental health. Yet here we are, a year on. How are you coping?

Enter a three-minute body scan, a meditative practice that involves mindfully scanning your body for sensations of pain, tension, or anything out of the ordinary on your very busy day.

As we have discussed in previous episodes that there are various techniques in meditation. But today I would like to introduce you to the three bases of meditation: The first base is your nostril. The second base is through your nostrils up to the eye level and taking a little inward to the central part of the skull. And the third base is at the central part of your body two fingers above your navel and this is where you will achieve, and experience the moment of what we call "One -pointedness" Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coming-alive/id1510033868?uo=4 Google Podcast https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xZTA0MGJhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROBKO3XzupIacRJL53zuA Breaker https://www.breaker.audio/coming-alive-1 Overcast https://overcast.fm/itunes1510033868/coming-alive PocketCast https://pca.st/4o96xmm3 Radio Podcast https://radiopublic.com/coming-alive-8jyKBp

As the calendar year draws to a close, it's natural time to reflect back and look forward. In our mindfulness practice, we talk a lot about the present moment: “to let go of the past, and give up the future; and “be in the present,” “just one breath,” This reflection meditation will guide you through a helpful year in review process that will leave you feeling complete and ready to lean into the year ahead.

Detachment, also expressed as non-attachment, is a state in which a person overcomes their attachment to desire for things, people or concepts of the world and thus attains a heightened perspective.

A meditation practice applying mindfulness of breathing and loving kindness. This practice is being used by the monks of the northern part of Thailand.

EPISODE 31: Morning Meditation on Kindness and Helpfulness For today's guided meditation, we will use a gentle morning meditation on kindness and helpfulness to help you start your day positively. Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coming-alive/id1510033868?uo=4 Google Podcast https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xZTA0MGJhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROBKO3XzupIacRJL53zuA Breaker https://www.breaker.audio/coming-alive-1 Overcast https://overcast.fm/itunes1510033868/coming-alive PocketCast https://pca.st/4o96xmm3 Radio Podcast https://radiopublic.com/coming-alive-8jyKBp

Anapana provides a tool to deal with the fears, anxieties and pressures across all age groups. Besides helping to calm and concentrate the mind, Anapana help people to understand themselves better and gives them an insight into the workings of their own minds. Because of its simplicity, the technique is easy to understand and practice.

There is a dark side to meditation that no one really wants to talk about. In this special Halloween edition of Coming Alive, I am going to to share with you some personal experiences of this encounter  while meditating. The objective of this episode is not to scare you away when you encountered this kind of experience, but to give you some pointers and guidance on how to manage this kind of situation  and to transform this kind of energy into a source of vitality, a source  energy for our daily life, eventually, acquiring a renewed zest for living. https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROBKO3XzupIacRJL53zuA Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/4o96xmm3 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/coming-alive-8jyKBp Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/coming-alive-1

It is true that you can meditate anytime of the day and night. However research suggests that meditation in the morning it's the ideal time. Because the benefits of meditation are enhanced when your mind is free and clear before the stresses of the day have crept in. May this episode helps you to set the tone of calmness and peacefulness in your day.

Grief is one of the most difficult and painful emotions that everyone can experience at some point in their life. Some people may try to suppress grief, but doing so can cause the grief to linger and unresolved. This lastest episode of Coming Alive will provide you a meditation guide to take you safely into your grief and help you safely experience and process feelings associated with grief and loss.  May this episode help you to calm your mind at least for 15 minutes and help you appreciate yourself,  and remind you that you are worthy of feeling this peace and calmness. And to remind us that life is impermanent. Let us all spread positivity, loving-kindness, and compassion to everyone. https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROBKO3XzupIacRJL53zuA Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/4o96xmm3 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/coming-alive-8jyKBp Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/coming-alive-1

Having a bad day? We all have those days where nothing seems to be going out way. Perhaps you may be feeling under the weather, or emotionally exhausted, or maybe overwhelmed with so much responsibilities of the day. This lastest episode of Coming Alive will provide you a meditation guide on overcoming a bad day and help you train your mind to respond with compassion and rewrite the story of the day. May this episode help you to calm your mind at least for 15minutes and help you appreciate yourself,  and remind you that you are worthy of feeling this peace and calmness. / Let us all spread positivity, loving-kindness, and compassion to everyone. https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROBKO3XzupIacRJL53zuA Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/4o96xmm3 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/coming-alive-8jyKBp Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/coming-alive-1

The lastest episode of Coming Alive will provide you a meditation guide on overcoming depression and anxiety by quieting your mind. It has been indeed stressful to most of us. May this episode help you to calm your mind at least for 10 minutes and help you appreciate yourself,  and remind you that you are worthy of feeling this peace and calmness. Let us all spread positivity, loving-kindness, and compassion to everyone. https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROBKO3XzupIacRJL53zuA Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/4o96xmm3 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/coming-alive-8jyKBp Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/coming-alive-1

If you ever found yourself in a high pressure environment, such as job interview, project presentation or examinations, learn to relax under pressure with this guided meditation by listening to this relaxation exercise in preparation for the high pressure situation. Then when you are faced with the task you can use the relaxation skills you have learned to keep yourself focused and calm, and not be nervous.

The Buddhist practice for developing mindfulness is called vipassana, which means “clear insight” or “seeing clearly” in Pali, the language of the Buddha. What follows is a simple introduction to this practice.

Meditation isn't always about emptying the mind and focusing on the breath alone. This healing relaxation begins with passive progressive muscle relaxation, and then guides you to imagine your body healing itself.

EPISODE 22: Ending Your Day with 5- Minute Mediation for Stress Relief. Enjoy this deeply relaxing end of day 5 minutes guided meditation for relaxation and stress relief. https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROBKO3XzupIacRJL53zuA Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/4o96xmm3 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/coming-alive-8jyKBp Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/coming-alive-1

Starting your morning with meditation is a great way to start the day on the right foot. Morning meditation can help you energize, help sent an intention for the day, or even help you find peace before a busy or stressful day. If you're struggling to keep up with your meditation habit, taking the time right when you wake up makes building the habit easier.

Episode 20 of Coming Alive is an integration of Anapanasati Bhavana (Mindfulness on Breathing Meditation) and Metta Bhavana (Loving Kindness Meditation) for our Christian friends. This guided Christian meditation is a wonderful way for you to clear your mind and open your heart, whilst entering into a state of deep, wholesome relaxation. If you yearn for a deeper and more intimate relationship with God and would like to open yourself to a more direct experience of communion with Him, then a guided meditation on Jesus will be of tremendous benefit to you. https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROBKO3XzupIacRJL53zuA Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/4o96xmm3 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/coming-alive-8jyKBp Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/coming-alive-1

In this new episode, we are going to practice emptiness through meditation. We will be emptying your mind by lovinly bring your attention the present moment; setting aside the future and the past and recognizing those thoughts as impersonal nature of our being, letting go of self views- by letting all objects of present-moment awareness to be as they are, letting go of your craving and aversion- by recognizing the desire and the one who desires are impersonal in nature. And being aware that you exist in emptiness and finding the nature of your true self. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROBKO3XzupIacRJL53zuA Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/4o96xmm3 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/coming-alive-8jyKBp Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/coming-alive-1

An exercise developed by Jan Chozen Bays, published in her book " Mindfulness on the Go". This first exercise will bring you back your beginner's mind and help you to awaken compassion. Try these series of mindfulness exercises to help you to be more aware, happy, and at ease within the flow of our very busy lives.

Enjoy this 15-minute guided mindfulness meditation on Self- love. It is perhaps one of the most fundamental yet misunderstood concepts in the world right now. In the words of Gautama Buddha: “In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you” Your ability to love yourself and others are all that really matters. How to get there is another matter entirely. For this, you have to find out who you are and love yourself unconditionally.

Body scan meditation is another useful meditation technique, a good way to release tension you might not even realize you're experiencing. Body scanning involves paying attention to parts of the body and bodily sensations in a gradual sequence from feet to head. In this new episode, I am going to give a guidevin which you will be mentally scanning yourself, you bring awareness to every single part of your body, noticing any aches, pains, tension, or general discomfort. The goal is not to relieve the pain completely, but to get to know it and learn from it so you can better manage it.

It is important to know that, just like a magnet, your thoughts, expectations, and beliefs attract everyone and everything into your life, both positive and negative. This is a beautiful guided meditation for positivity. There are enormous benefits which you can bring into your life if you are in a positive frame of mind. The whole universe will rise up to help those who stay positive. It is very difficult to attract good things in your life if you are in a negative frame of mind and are thinking negative thoughts. In fact, you can find yourself in a negative vortex spiralling downwards if you allow one negative thought to another. So it is vital to be able to bring yourself back into a postive mindset and this is what this guided meditation aims to do.

This episode will help witness the memory of sad time in your life and notice how it will bring forth sensation in your body. And by allowing yourself to think of this sadness, this will help you generate a feeling of positivity and taking the enthusiasm with you to feel appreciation towards your sadness and use this feeling to be productive, to grow from it and to learn from it.

In this episode, we are going to have a guided meditation on gratitude. This kind of meditation is a unique practice that focuses on acquiring awareness through feelings of gratefulness, foster happiness, and positivity in our daily lives. It is a conscious effort to appreciate and feel gratitude and appreciate what makes us feel good that is tied in with embracing all the blessings that you have been receiving. Enjoy! And let us all be grateful!

Sometimes the best meditation practice is simply to surrender. This episode is a meditation guide to let go and forgive someone that causes you feel negative emotions. By allowing yourself to feel the pain and letting them go; letting go all the tensions in your heart and releasing all the pain, unforgiveness, anger, grief, self loathing, loss, regret. I have included in this meditation the use of your solar plexus chakra for your nourishment and renewal. May this meditation guide help you heal and feel the back the love for yourself.

Relieving Anxiety opens with a gentle breath awareness practice. Then, it moves into a series of positive side to help rest our anxious mind. Because our anxious thoughts are deeply interwoven with our underlying beliefs, this meditation guide is written specifically with stress and anxiety relief by gently guiding the listeners to close their eyes, and explore the power of the breath and of the words we feed ourselves.

This is a meditation guide for teenagers.

This guided sleep relaxation is a natural sleep aid that will help you unwind and quickly fall asleep, for you to overcome insomnia and get to sleep naturally with this relaxation exercise. I hope I can make you sleep again and feel refreshed.

This is a Tagalog version of the loving kindness meditation guide on Episode 7

Let yourself bask in the energy of lovingkindness. In this practice, we will be cultivating lovingkindness and friendship that is unconditional, open, gentle and supportive for yourself and others.

This episode will discuss about the third of the five hindrances on meditation as explained by Buddhist Maha Vira's Upul Nishanta Gamage. I also added a segment on how we will practice mindfulness and gratitude together. And how practicing these two exercises rewire our brain to lead and live life with greater emphaty and kindness.

This special edition is a meditation guide on Mindfulness of Breathing using Tagalog as medium. Ang episode na ito ay sadyang nilikha para gabayan ang mga Pilipino na mag-meditate at i-praktis and mindfulness of breathing. Nawa'y makatulong ito sa ating lahat.

This episode is my first meditation guide for everyone. May this guide you in achieving meditative state of your mind today. And celebrate every moment through your breathing.

This is a Tagalog special edition of Coming Alive made for Filipinos. This is to help you understand the philosophy and practice of meditation in deeper context and so I can encourage you to practice meditation so we all live mindfully and peacefully.

Meditation can be practiced by anybody. But it is not easy to practice. You need to find the right meditation practice that suits you, based on your personal anticipations, opinions and lifestyle. You can't just simply find your guide in any meditation app. You must understand yourself first. In this episode, I will share with you three meditation practices I have tried for the past 10 years and hope I can help you in finding "The Right Mindful Pill for You."

This pilot episode will explain to you how meditation is important and how composure of mindfulness of breathing can help us achieve genuine happiness.